Gino Manzo, director of the BAE Systems Microelectronics Technology and Products (MTP) Group, as well as BAE’s Manassas, Va., location site executive, joins the list of keynote speakers at the opening of the first building dedicated to Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) on Friday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m..

ICTAS’ first building will house the Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory (NCFL) at the Corporate Research Center. The NCFL will allow Virginia Tech to have capabilities on par with the best nanotechnology labs in the world.

The second ICTAS building, currently under construction, is expected to open during summer 2008, and will include an additional 100,000 square feet of engineering-led research labs, offices, and workspaces. ICTAS I will also serve as the research institute’s headquarters. A third building is in the design stages.